Best Public Schools in Dixon, MT

The city of Dixon, Montana is home to two small schools - Dixon Elementary and Dixon 7-8. Both schools serve economically disadvantaged student populations, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite their small class sizes and individual attention, the schools have consistently ranked in the bottom half of their respective school types in Montana and underperform the state average on standardized tests, particularly in mathematics.

Dixon Elementary has an enrollment of just 32 students and a very low student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1. However, the school has consistently ranked between 162nd and 287th out of all Montana elementary schools and underperforms the state average in mathematics, with only 25.81% of students scoring proficient or better. In contrast, the school performs better than the state average in science, with 50% of students scoring proficient or better.

With an even smaller enrollment of 15 students, Dixon 7-8 has a student-teacher ratio of 6.2:1. The school has ranked between 97th and 155th out of all Montana middle schools and, while performing better than Dixon Elementary on state assessments, still lags behind the state average in mathematics at 14.29% proficient or better. In science, Dixon 7-8 scores 33.33% proficient or better, which is below the state average.